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KONKHRA: More New Music Posted Online
Danish extreme metallers KONKHRA have posted two more full-length MP3s, taken from the group's forthcoming Reality Check CD, at the following locations: 01. The Lions are Hungry 02. Reality Check According to the band, "these are 100% genuine Danish pieces of twisted metal ready to go." KONKHRA are...September 5, 2002
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OZZY OSBOURNE Planning Birthday Bash For Ailing Wife
The following item appeared in today's edition of the New York Daily News: Ozzy Osbourne is hatching a 50th-birthday bash for his wife, Sharon. And, considering her current fight with cancer, he wants it to be a party to bleepin' remember. Sources tell us the metal god plans an evening where the cou...September 2, 2002
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TOMMY LEE Reality Show Dropped In Favor Of Two Specials
The proposed Tommy Lee reality show for VH1 has been dropped in favor of two hour-long specials that will air on VH1 at a not-yet-determined date, according to Allstar. Although no official reason was given, it is believed that the flood of celebrity-driven TV reality shows like MTV's The Osbournes...August 29, 2002
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QUEENSRŸCHE's GEOFF TATE: 'I Was Never A Metalhead'
QUEENSRŸCHE frontman Geoff Tate has admitted in a recent interview that he was never into metal music and he cited ULTRAVOX and THOMPSON TWINS as two of his primary influences during the band's formative years — a far cry from the traditional metal movement that QUEENSRŸCHE was instrumental in launc...August 27, 2002
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NEVERMORE's WARREL DANE: New Album Will Contain 'Only One Ballad'
During an online chat conducted on Sunday, August 25th, NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane revealed that the group's forthcoming CD, entitled Enemies Of Reality, will contain "only one ballad", because "it's time to get as heavy as possible for NEVERMORE." The singer also indicated that the album is ten...August 26, 2002
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UPDATE: DAISLEY/KERSLAKE Case Dismissed By Judge
The following article appears in today's edition of The New York Times: Here is a scene viewers won't see on the MTV show The Osbournes: OZZY OSBOURNE handing over millions in royalties to his onetime bass player and drummer. The bass player, Bob Daisley, and the drummer, Lee Kerslake, sued Mr. Osbo...August 20, 2002
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SKINLAB Announce Upcoming Dates, Prepare Possible DVD
SKINLAB are tentatively due to play the following dates during September: Sept. 20 – Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour Sept. 28 – San Francisco, CA @ The Pound SKINLAB's performance at The Pound will reportedly be lensed by Reality Check Media, the production division of Reality Check TV, for a future...August 19, 2002
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More Metal Stars Pay Tribute To DROWNING POOL's DAVE WILLIAMS
PANTERA's Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell: "Some people say death is just a part of life.... But it becomes a cold reality when it hits one of your own. Dave was a true brother to us. We had the pleasure of knowing him for years before the world knew him as Dave 'Stage' Williams from ...August 15, 2002
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GUNS N' ROSES: AXL ROSE Speaks!!
A few hours before GUNS N' ROSES arrived in China for the start of the band's Chinese Democracy World Tour (they will be performing tonight at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center),frontman Axl Rose conducted a brief interview from which the following excerpts are provided: On launching...August 14, 2002
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GRAVE: "Back From The Grave" Bonus CD Details Unveiled
Swedish death metal veterans GRAVE have set October 21st as the release date for their much-anticipated comeback album, entitled Back From The Grave, through Century Media Records. The initial pressing of the album will apparently come as a double CD, and will include a special compilation of the ba...August 13, 2002
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OZZY OSBOURNE: Sharon Will Kick Cancer's Ass
OZZY OSBOURNE told the crowd at the DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan — the singer's first stop after returning to the post of headliner at this year's Ozzfest on Wednesday — that they were in wife/manager Sharon's thoughts, saying, "She's right here (in spirit)...I love you guys." Osb...August 9, 2002
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DISTURBED Clip Too "Disturbing" For Video Outlets
DISTURBED's clip for the track "Prayer", which was directed by the Brothers Strause last month, has reportedly been refused by certain video outlets, who have deemed the scenes in the video—including those depicting collapsing construction sites, car crashes and a cataclysmic earthquake—as too remin...August 6, 2002
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OZZY, SHARON OSBOURNE Slapped With Lawsuit Over MTV Show
Ozzy Osbourne and his wife/manager Sharon are being sued by a Hollywood producer who claims he originated the idea for the couples' successful family reality show on MTV, according to Launch. Producer Gary Binkow reportedly filed the lawsuit on Thursday, July 25th in Los Angeles Superior Court, alle...July 26, 2002
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BODY COUNT's ERNIE C To Appear As Guest MC At California's NADINE'S WILD WEEKEND
Producer/guitarist Ernie C of ICE T's BODYCOUNT has signed on to appear as guest MC at Reality Check TV's Showcase during Nadine's Wild Weekend, which runs from Thursday, August 22nd through Sunday, August 25th in the San Francisco Bay Area. If time permits, Ernie may also jam with the other partici...July 24, 2002
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ROB ZOMBIE: MGM Pulled Plug On Movie Over A Joke
As first reported here yesterday, ROB ZOMBIE has now officially confirmed that MGM has dropped his much-talked-about movie, House Of 1000 Corpses, several months ahead of its previously-announced Halloween release. Speaking to MTV.com, ZOMBIE blamed the decision by MGM to distance themselves from th...July 23, 2002
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